In seasonally adjusted current price terms, the balance on goods and services was a deficit of $2,438m in the December quarter 2014, a fall of $1,462m (37%) on the revised September quarter 2014 deficit of $3,900m. The main components contributing to the balance on goods and services were:

IMPACTS ON SERVICES DUE TO DELAYS TO OVERSEAS ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES DATA

The October 2014, November 2014 and December 2014 issues of ABS publication Overseas Arrivals and Departures, Australia(cat. no. 3401.0) have been delayed due to passenger card processing issues as announced by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP). This delay impacts on services credits and services debits series for the December quarter 2014. As such, caution should be used when interpreting the recent services credits and services debits estimates as they are based on modelled estimates rather than actual data.

The ABS and DIBP are working closely together to manage the issues and to minimise further delays to the release of these statistics. The ABS will advise new release dates in due course.

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